PHAGWARA: In a tragic incident early Thursday morning, a couple lost their lives in a hit-and-run accident while traveling on a motorcycle to pay obeisance at the Baba Murad Shah shrine in Nakodar. The victims, identified as Sunil Gupta and his wife Raveena Gupta, were struck by an unidentified speeding car near village Lambra on Nakodar--Jalandhar road in wee hours today.
NEW DELHI: An aspiring beautician is among eight Bangladeshis, including five women, arrested for living illegally in Delhi, an official said on Thursday.
SYDNEY: Australian authorities have arrested and charged a teenage foreign national for allegedly facilitating contract killings in Europe.
JAMMU: A resident of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district was arrested on Thursday in Samba district after three Pakistani phone numbers with incoming calls were found on his mobile phone.
BHOPAL: In a major judicial directive, the Gwalior Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on senior IPS (Indian Police Service) officer Mayank Awasthi, currently DIG (deputy inspector general) of Bhopal, for “deliberately obstructing an investigation and misleading the Trial Court by withholding crucial records”, in a critical murder case investigation when he was posted as Superintendent of Police (SP) in Datia.
KOLKATA: Tension prevailed at Nandigram in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Thursday after a policeman was killed while attempting to prevent cattle smuggling in a locality.
BENGALURU: Interesting details have emerged regarding the arrest of the accused in the Bengaluru molestation case of two women. Police nabbed the accused, Santosh Daniel, 10 days after the incident, in Kerala, and it has emerged that his home guard girlfriend helped him hide.
NEW YORK: An Indian-descent doctor has been convicted of participating in a $2.3 million conspiracy to illegally distribute controlled substances and of healthcare fraud, according to the US Justice Department.
BHOPAL: A Bhopal court on Wednesday ordered a renewed probe into the "suicide" case of Congress leader Sarla Mishra, which occurred 28 years ago in Bhopal.
AMARAVATI: The pilot and co-pilot of a helicopter that was allegedly damaged during former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy's visit to Sri Sathya Sai district last week appeared before police on Wednesday.
KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a Bangladeshi citizen who was not only residing in Kolkata after possessing fake Indian identity documents, including a passport, but also was operating a hawala racket from his residence.
NEW DELHI: Businessman Robert Vadra on Wednesday accused the government of stopping him from “doing good work and speaking about their unjust behaviour towards minorities”.
NEW DELHI: In fresh trouble for the Sahara group, the Enforcement Directorate, Kolkata, attached 707 acres of land in Aamby Valley City, Lonavala, Maharashtra, worth Rs 1,460 crore in a money laundering case, an official said on Tuesday.
CHENNAI: A Class 8 student from a matriculation higher secondary school at Palayamkottai in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district sustained multiple injuries after he was allegedly attacked by a classmate with a machete on Tuesday, who later surrendered in police station.
JAIPUR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted raids at multiple locations linked to former Rajasthan Minister and senior Congress leader Pratap Singh Khachariyawas in connection with the Rs 48,100 crore PACL scam.
GURUGRAM: A man involved in a task-based scam on Telegram has been arrested in Gurugram, an official said on Monday.
BENGALURU: The Special Court for MLAs and MPs will pronounce its order on Tuesday on the Enforcement Directorate’s objection to the closure report in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case involving Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife and others.
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has ordered the transfer of 1.4 crore tonnes of beach sand minerals, allegedly hoarded illegally by private companies, to the PSU Indian Rare Earths Ltd (IREL).
BHOPAL: A rally to mark the birth anniversary of the father of the Indian Constitution Dr B.R. Ambedkar took a tragic turn late on Monday night in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption, on Monday, arrested Superintendent Engineer (SE) Sanjay Kanwar, posted at Municipal Corporation Ludhiana for demanding commission from a contractor.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday the matter where it has suo moto (on its own motion) stayed the operation of a decision of the Lokpal holding that the anti-corruption body can entertain complaints against High Court judges.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police today summoned LoP and senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa for questioning at 12 AM t cyber crime policef station in phase seven Mohali in a case registered against him for making a statement that 50 bombs had landed in Punjab, out of which 18 were blasted and 32 are still in the possession of miscreants.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Police late last has lodged a FRI against LoP and senor Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa in Mohali cyber crime police station, Mohali for making a statement that 50 bombs had landed in Punjab, out of which 18 were blasted and 32 are still in the possession of miscreants.
PHAGWARA: A woman was allegedly assaulted with a sharp weapon in Majara Nau-Abad village under Sadar Banga police station limits, following a dispute over an anti-drug awareness poster displayed near the accused’s residence.
HUBBALLI: A shocking incident came to light here on Sunday involving a youth who allegedly attempted to sexually assault a five-year-old girl and later strangulated her to death for resisting his advances.
PHAGWARA: The Nakodar City police has booked seven miscreants on the charges of attempt to murder, criminal intimidation and rioting.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau during its ongoing drive against corruption in the state, on Saturday, arrested Inspector Abhinav Chauhan, posted as SHO Police station Mamdot, District Ferozepur, red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs. 25,000.
BHOPAL: Bhopal Police, on Friday, initiated action in connection with the alleged "assault" of former Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Hari Vallabh Joshi, officials said.
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Friday quashed a charge sheet against Asianet News and six journalists in a petition seeking a case to be registered under the POCSO Act for airing a programme against the growth of the drug mafia, which showed an incident involving a girl.
ISLAMABAD: Over 11,074 murders, 2,142 cases of gang rape, and 34,688 cases of kidnapping or abductions took place across Pakistan in 2024, a latest official crime statistics report has revealed highlighting that the country's capital Islamabad reported most cases of gang rape than all other provinces combined.
BHUBANESWAR: A notorious drug peddler sustained bullet injuries in an encounter with the Special Crime Unit (SCU) of the Commissionerate Police in the Khandagiri area of Bhubaneswar during the intervening night of April 10 and 11, officials said on Friday.
KOLKATA: Just before the crucial meeting of state Education Minister Bratya Basu with the job-losers of West Bengal government schools on Friday afternoon, a decision of the Kolkata Police has left them fuming.
PATNA: In a shocking incident in Trilokwa village under Kesaria police station limits in the East Champaran district of Bihar, a youth and a girl were found brutally murdered inside a room late Thursday night, officials said on Friday.
NEW DELHI: A special NIA court on Friday remanded Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the key conspirator in the deadly 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, to 18-day custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
PHAGWARA: A dead body of an unidentified middle aged person found near Santokhpura locality remained lying on the road in abandoned situation for five hours due to jurisdiction dispute among the cops on Wednesday.
RANCHI: The bodies of two young men were recovered from a pit dug for road construction in the Tatisilwai area of Ranchi, officials said on Thursday.
SURAT: As many as 118 workers fell ill after consuming contaminated water at a diamond-cutting unit in Surat's Kapodara area, prompting the police to register an attempt to murder case and initiate a high-level investigation, according to officials on Thursday.
GADAG: A 55-year-old man, who allegedly raped his minor daughter for a year, has been arrested in Karnataka's Gadag district on Wednesday.
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday denied bail to accused K.N. Anand Kumar, the founder and Managing Trustee of National NGO's Confederation who is presently in judicial custody in the Rs 1,000 crore CSR scam case.
CHANDIGARH: Controversial Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for raping two of his disciples, was granted furlough on Wednesday for 21 days by the Haryana government.